NEW YORK, May 15, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Industry-leading,
interconnected blockchain network pioneer ArcBlock announced a
W3C DID-compatible, decentralized identity solution, during the
Consensus 2019 conference, that will be launching next week.
In addition to the recent launch of the ArcBlock blockchain
application framework for developers, ArcBlock will release
critical components that enable their new decentralized identity
system and consumer-facing ABT Wallet next week. With the release
of the new identity system, ArcBlock will fulfill its promise to be
the industry's first fully enabled, decentralized identity network.
Any developer can immediately integrate decentralized identity
(DID) services for their users by simply using the Forge DID
component of Forge Framework and SDK.
The ABT Wallet is the first of its kind crypto wallet that is
not only for crypto-assets but also a powerful and sophisticated
DID key management system. The DID Wallet is critical to make DID
technology accessible for consumers users. ABT Wallet will be
available in the Apple App Store and Google Play Store global wide
next week. The dedicated website https://ABTWallet.io is
up, and the final launch time will be announced soon.
To support this newly launched identity service, ArcBlock
developed a W3C-compliant, decentralized identity (ABT:DID)
protocol that is an open protocol and compliant with W3C-based DID
solutions. As a participant, ArcBlock plans to partner and
collaborate with other contributors to make their ABT:DID
authentication standard more widely available. ArcBlock's "DID:ABT"
is registered in the W3C DID method registry, which is publicly
available at https://w3c-ccg.github.io/did-method-registry.
Any DID provider that is compatible with W3C DID standard is
interoperable with each other by default, which means, in the
future, ArcBlock's DID will also become available for other
providers, such as the recently announced Microsoft DID and
anyone in this space.
"From our first day, ArcBlock has been focused on making the
decentralized web a reality. One of the core features of this new
reality is giving users the ability to easily control, manage and
maintain their digital identities. To ensure that these
identities are secure and accessible, we use the same powerful
cryptography technology that is used today by leading crypto
assets, like Bitcoin, Ethereum, and are making it available to
everyone. As an additional step, our identity services are
completely decentralized, meaning that the digital identity and the
user data are owned by the individual," said Tyr Chen, Vice President of Engineering at
ArcBlock. "We are making these services available to everyone. For
developers, identity is already included and just requires a few
steps to add it to their DApp; for users, they can simply
download our wallet app and immediately begin to manage their
entire digital lives -- create online profiles to access websites
or services, sign a document, verify your identity, carry around
your digital licenses and so much more."
ArcBlock is the first in the blockchain industry to make
Decentralized Identity easy and creates the most robust, accessible
and useful identity system available today. Any developer creating
an app with the DID:ABT can achieve endless throughput and scale on
the ABT Network, and users can access any Forge created app
instantly, as well as other W3C compliant services. A key to their
identity infrastructure is that ArcBlock has considered both the
developer and end-user experience to ensure that it is the easiest
to implement and to use.
For developers, ArcBlock's identity services are already
available in their recently launched Forge Blockchain Application
Framework and can be enabled in a few simple steps. In addition,
ArcBlock goes even further by giving developers DID starter kits
and a powerful DID workshop tool that allows developers and
businesses to simulate various DID scenarios without ever writing a
line of code. For end users, ArcBlock is launching the new
ABT Wallet, the first truly decentralized identity wallet that not
only gives them everything they need to manage their digital
identities but delivers the best user experience possible.
Contact:
Matt McKinney
4254481000
matt@arcblock.io
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